Washing-machine



UNITED sTATEs PATENT OEETCE.V

JEROME BACON AND GILBERT BACON, OF MEDINA, WISCONSIN.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specication of Letters Patent No. 32,677', dated July 2, 1861.

To all 'whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that we, JEROME BACON and GiLBERT BACON, both of Medina, inthe county of Outaga-mie and State of lVisconsin, have invented a newand Improved Vashing-/Iachine; and we 'do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l represents a longitudinal verticalsection of our invention. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference in the two gures indicate correspondingparts.

This invention consists in the arrangeinent. of self adjusting slidingboxes in combination with the crank shaft which gives motion to thepounders alternately in opposite directions in such a manner, that saidpounders will always act with uniform pressure independent of thequantity of clothes placed on each end of the box or tub.

-To enable those skilled in the art to make and use our invention, wewill proceed to describe its Construction and operation with referenceto the drawing.

The. pounders A, A, are secured to a common crank a, so that the sameextend in opposite directions toward the ends of the box or tub B, theshanks or stems of said pounders being made of such a length that thesame by the action of the crank are moved to within a short distancefrom the ends of the tub, and the faces of the pounders are tinted topermit the water passing otlA as the clothes are pressed between thepounders and the ends of the tub. The crank (l, is formed in the middleof the shaft Vl, which is journaled in boxes D, that are inverted intorecesses Z), in the sides of the tub. These boxes are grooved and theyhave a longitudinal sliding motion being guided by slides c, that aresecured to the sides of the tub B. Sprlngs (l, are attachedto vthe boxesI), in such a manner, that said boxes have a tendency to assume aposition in the center ofthe recesses Z), and that the same whensubjected to a pressure greater than the force of the4 springs arepermitted to move in either direction. Two tly wheels E, are secured oneto each end of the shaft C, to facilitate the operation of the pounders.

The operation is as follows: The water and the clothes are introducedinto the tub, and the clothes are about equally divided on the ends ofthe tub as indicated by red outlines in Fig. l. Motion is now impartedto the shaft C, and the clothes on both ends of the tub are alternatelyacted upon by the pounders. The pressure exerted by the pounders on theclothes depends entirely upon the force of the springs (Z, for as soonas the lpressure exerted by one of thepounders exceeds the force of saidsprings,- the journal boxes D, yield and slide away from that end of thetub, on which the action of the pounder takes place, and as soon as thisaction ceases, said boxes re-assume their original position in thecenter of the recesses By this arrangement the pounders can be madeperfectly rigid and they will act with a uniform pressure on the clothesentirely independent of the quantity of clothes placed in each end ofthe tub.

The construction of this machine is very simple, it can be 'operatedwith little exertion, and it performs the washing without injury to theclot-hes. V

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent; is,

The arrangement of the self-adjusting sliding journal boxes I), incombination with the crank shaft C, pounders A, A', and tub B,constructed and operating in the manner and for the purpose shown anddescribed.

JEROME BACON. GILBERT BACON. litnesses JOHN J. BUNCE, P. HUGUNIN.

